Authenticated root command execution via undisclosed privilege flaw
Published Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Jul 22, 2026
Improper privilege management in Check Point Gaia Portal allows remote authenticated users with read-only access to execute commands as root. Check Point has not disclosed the vulnerable function, endpoint, parameter, or incorrect privilege check that enables command execution. Access to the Gaia management interface and a read-only Gaia Portal account are required, after which arbitrary commands run with root privileges.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Check Point Gaia Portal allows remote authenticated users with read-only access to execute commands as root. Check Point has not disclosed the vulnerable function, endpoint, parameter, or incorrect privilege check that enables command execution. Access to the Gaia management interface and a read-only Gaia Portal account are required, after which arbitrary commands run with root privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-62145
- Published
- Jul 22, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 22, 2026
- Vendor
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Product
- Quantum Security Gateway
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=R81.10, R81, R80.30, R80.20, R80.10, R80, and R77.30
- Affected versionversion=R81.20 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 158 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82.10 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 36 or below
- Affected versionversion=R82 with Jumbo Hotfix Take 118 or below
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